Vol 43 - Canadian Phytopathological Society

VOL. 43, NO. 2
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JUNE 1999
President’s Message
George Lazarovits
On this, my last “Mot du président” I take
the opportunity to thank the society for
the great honour that was bestowed upon
me being selected as President of the Canadian Phytopathological Society. I want
to convey a special thanks to the very capable members of the CPS Board and the
numerous volunteer chairs and participants of committees who helped me in the
decision making required to carry out our
daily business. Only as I commenced organizing all my correspondence and emails
did I come to appreciate the level of activity that occurred over the year within the
Society. To those individuals who commented to me about articles that I wrote
in the CPS-SCP News, I thank you for taking the time to do this.
A large part of my decision for selecting
plant pathology as a career was based on
the fact that I really appreciated the people that work in it. For the majority of plant
pathologists the work is not only a job, but
also a hobby, and a spiritual base. I relish
our common love for nature, for knowledge,
and for discovery, all inherent to the persona of the members of this organization.
Furthermore, I believe that plant pathologists are vital to the security of Canada
and the world. We, the CPS society, must
Inside this issue:
Available Items - Books, CPS Pins ......... 32,33
Commitee and Other Reports ....................... 22
Coming Events ................................................. 28
Contact the Editor ........................................... 27
CPS Regional Meetings
British Columbia ......................................... 25
Western Ontario .......................................... 25
Dutch Elm Disease in Alberta ....................... 29
Employment & Scholarships .......................... 27
‘Joined-up’ Plant Pathology ........................... 30
New and Sustaining Members ....................... 26
Mot du président ............................................. 20
People ................................................................ 27
President’s Message ...................................... 17
The Big One: Montréal 1999 ........................ 34
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 18
provide to our members the support, encouragement, appreciation, and recognition
they deserve for the highly valuable enterprise they pursue.
of research on tomato leaf mold (carried
out as a model system at the University of
Toronto) reiterated that we are lucky if in
a career we can put one or two good quality bricks on this house of knowledge.
Attending several regional meetings as part
of my duties this year, I discovered the The CPS Board has taken a pro-active step
Society to be vibrant and energized. The in ensuring the continuing development of
warm hospitality I received was much ap- our journal by assigning publication to the
preciated. Special thanks to Bruce Gossen National Research Council. Zamir Punja
and Sue Boyetchko for organizing the very and the Journal Improvement Committee
successful joint meeting of the Saskatch- deserve our gratitude for their efforts. NRC
ewan Branch of CPS and the Plant Pathol- publishes a series of journals that are recogy Society of Alberta in Lloydminster. It ognized for excellence in transmitting rewas one of the most
search. It is thereexciting regional
fore fitting that we
“. . . my decision for selecting plant
meetings that I
attach the flag of
pathology as a career was based on
ever attended. It
our Society to this
the fact that I really appreciated the
was made even
organization. It is,
people that work in it. For the majority
more memorable in
however, unlikely
of plant pathologists the work is not
that I was able to
that this is the last
only a job, but also a hobby, and a
present two certifichange that we will
spiritual base.”
cates of apprecianeed to make to
tion to Karen Baiensure the success
ley for her work as Director of the Board and survival of CJPP. Greg Boland sent me
and Chairman of the Marketing Commit- an article by T.J. Walker (http://
tee for DFCC and to Lorne Duczek, my www.amsci.org./amsci/articles/98articlassmate, for the many years he served cles/walker.html), American Scientist 1998,
as membership secretary. I thank Andrew Sept.-Oct., pp. 463-471, that details how
Frowd for organizing the meeting of the small societies such as ours can publish
Eastern Ontario Region of CPS and EECCO an electronic journal on the Internet, proheld on February 7 th in Ottawa. Andrew vide it free to all users, and yet make a
left almost the next day for a three-year profit. Electronic articles can be
stint as Senior Country Project Officer of downloaded from the Net in a format idenFAO-RAFR in Accra, Ghana. We all wish tical to that used by our journal. Color phoAndrew a very successful stay. This meet- tos, or even video clips, can be included at
ing was of particular note as we honored no extra cost. Libraries would save millions
the retirements of Winston Johnston, a long in reduced shelf space alone. Publication
time member of CPS and of Lloyd Seaman, and storage costs are about $3 per page. If
the technical editor of the Canadian Jour- the society retains the $45 page charge a
nal of Plant Pathology for over two decades. very significant profit can be realized. At
I also had the chance to thank Connie $45, we lose money in the hard copy forBowerman for her work at editing the Jour- mat. The revenue generated can then be
nal for almost as many years as Lloyd. Lloyd used to foster other Society activities.
and Connie, we can never thank you
We are well on the way to improving the
enough for your dedication to this organielectronic communications with our memzation. Dr. Diane Cuppels organized the
bership thanks to Vikram Bisht. In the long
Western Ontario Regional CPS meetings
run such a service will save the Society
in London this May. It was a great meeting
money and will allow for more rapid and
with two very exciting seminars by Sheng
convenient communications. Over the year
Yang He (Michigan State University) and
we received several requests from compaVerna Higgins. Verna’s review of 65 years
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not want solicitation, we will gladly remove
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I have initiated a request to the Deputy
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, as well as the senior managers,
to consider implementing an AmericanCanadian Agricultural Research and Development Agreement that will fund collaborative research between scientists of
the two countries. The American Phytopathological Society agreed to support this
initiative from the US side. Carol Windels,
president of APS, has sent out the same
letter to the Secretary of Agriculture and
other senior managers. The US and Israel
have had such an agreement in place for
over twenty five years. There is a great
need for a research program that will enhance research on shared US-Canadian
plant pathology problems. To get such an
agreement implemented we will need
some aggressive lobbying and this can only
come from individuals, as well as grower
and industry groups. If you need a copy of
this letter just ask me. I will try to see if I
can post a copy of it on our website. I ask
you to forward that letter to any interested
party and ask them to send a letter of support to the DM or to their MP. If they hear
from enough people we may have a chance
of getting this program off the ground.
I hope to see all of you in Montreal where
we meet with APS for the first time in a
decade. Tim Paulitz, the APS staff, and
members of both societies have worked very
hard to provide us all with a joint program
that will enhance the exchange of knowledge across our borders. We have a very
exciting plenary program planned. This
year we will have the Glenn Anderson lecture, in honour of the Canadian scientist
who, hand-in-hand with Norman Borlaugh,
made miraculous improvements in the
world’s food supply. The lecture will be
presented by Dr. Per Pinstrup-Anderson
who is the Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute.
This is a Washington, D.C.-based, internationally funded organization established
in 1975 to identify and analyse policies for
meeting the food needs of the developing
world. We hope you will enjoy and benefit
from this and all the other great programs
planned.
Wishing all of you a safe trip.
George Lazarovits
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 20
Mot du président
George Lazarovits
Le message d’adieu de George.
Je profite de l’occasion que m’offre ce
dernier « Mot du président » pour remercier
la Société du grand honneur qui m’a été
fait en m’élisant président de la Société
Canadienne de Phytopathologie. Je veux
particulièrement remercier les très
compétents membres du Conseil de la SCP
et les nombreux présidents et membres
bénévoles des comités qui m’ont aidé à
prendre les décisions requises à la bonne
conduite des affaires courantes. Ce n’est
que lorsque j’ai commencé à mettre de
l’ordre dans mon courrier, tant papier
qu’électronique, que j’ai pu me rendre
compte de toute l’activité qui se produit
au sein de la Société au cours d’une année.
Je remercie tous ceux qui ont pris le temps
de m’envoyer leurs commentaires à propos
des articles que j’ai écrits dans le CPSSCP News.
Mon
choix
de
carrière
comme
phytopathologiste a été largement
influencé par l’estime que j’ai des gens
qui travaillent en phytopathologie. Pour
la plupart de ces gens, la phytopathologie
n’est pas qu’un travail, c’est aussi un divertissement et une inspiration spirituelle.
Je réfère à l’amour pour la nature, la
connaissance et la découverte, un sentiment commun aux personnes de cette organisation. De plus, je crois que les
phytopathologistes sont essentiels à la
sécurité du Canada et du monde. Nous,
de la SCP, devons procurer à nos membres
le soutien, l’encouragement, l’estime et la
reconnaissance qu’ils méritent pour la
précieuse entreprise qu’ils mènent.
Cette année, lors de ma participation à
plusieurs réunions régionales dans le
cadre de ma charge, j’ai découvert que la
Société était vivante et vigoureuse. J’ai
apprécié le chaud accueil que j’ai reçu
partout. Je remercie en particulier Bruce
Gossen
et
Sue
Boyetchko
pour
l’organisation, à Lloydminster, de la très
réussie réunion conjointe de la région de
la Saskatchewan de la SCP et de la Plant
Pathology Society of Alberta. Ce fut une
des réunions régionales les plus
intéressantes auxquelles j’ai assisté dans
ma vie. J’en garde un souvenir d’autant
plus vif que j’ai pu y présenter deux
certificats de reconnaissance : un à Karen
Bailey pour son travail comme directrice
du Conseil et présidente du Comité de
marketing pour le volume DFCC, et un
autre à Lorne Duczek, mon compagnon de
classe, pour les nombreuses années de
service comme secrétaire du Service aux
membres. Je remercie Andrew Frowd pour
l’organisation de la réunion de la région
de l’est de l’Ontario de la SCP, et de
l’EECCO, tenue le 7 février à Ottawa.
Andrew est pratiquement parti le jour
suivant pour une assignation de 3 ans à
Accra, au Ghana, comme responsable principal de projet pour la FAO-RAFR. Nous
souhaitons tous à Andrew un séjour des
plus réussis. Cette réunion avait un accent particulier puisque nous avons
souligné les retraites de Winston Johnson,
un membre de longue date de la SCP, et
de Lloyd Seaman, directeur de la Revue
canadienne de phytopathologie durant plus
de deux décennies. J’ai aussi eu la chance
de remercier Connie Bowerman pour son
travail de correction-révision à la Revue
durant presque aussi longtemps que Lloyd.
Lloyd et Connie, nous ne pourrons jamais
assez vous remercier de votre dévouement
envers cette organisation. Le Dr Diane
Cuppels a organisé à London, en mai
dernier, la réunion de la région de l’ouest
de l’Ontario de la SCP. Ce fut une
magnifique
réunion
avec
deux
présentations très intéressantes par
Sheng Yang He (Michigan State University) et Verna Higgins. Le compte rendu
de Verna sur 65 ans de recherche sur la
moisissure olive de la tomate (utilisée
comme modèle d’étude à l’Université de
Toronto) nous a rappelé que nous pouvons
nous considérer chanceux si nous pouvons
ajouter une ou deux briques de qualité à
l’édifice de la connaissance.
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 21
Le Conseil de la SCP a proactivement
rapides et plus efficaces. Au cours de
franchi une étape afin d’assurer le
l’année, nous avons reçu plusieurs
développement continu de notre revue en
demandes de la part de compagnies
accordant sa publication au Conseil nadésireuses d’obtenir la liste d’envoi de nos
tional de recherches du Canada. Zamir
membres dans le but de faire de la publicité
Punja et le Comité d’amélioration de la
pour des livres ou pour solliciter des
revue méritent notre gratitude pour leurs
abonnements à des journaux. Le Conseil
efforts. Le CNRC publie une collection de
a instauré une politique qui vise à fournir,
journaux reconnus pour leur excellence
contre paiement, cette liste pour un usdans la communication de la recherche.
age unique, chaque demande devant être
Il était alors approprié que nous hissions
analysée séparément. Nous réalisons que
l’étandard de notre Société au côté de celui
certains de nos membres peuvent être
de cette organisaindisposés. Si
tion. Par contre,
vous ne voulez
« Mon choix de carrière comme
phytopathologiste a été largement
il est peu probable
pas
être
influencé
par
l’estime
que
j’ai
des
gens
que ce soit le
sollicités, nous
qui travaillent en phytopathologie. Pour
d e r n i e r
allons volontiers
la plupart de ces gens, la
changement
retirer votre nom
phytopathologie
n’est
pas
qu’un
travail,
nécessaire pour
sur demande.
c’est aussi un divertissement et une inspiassurer le succès
J’ai
pris
ration spirituelle.»
et la survie de la
l’initiative
de
RCP. Greg Boland
faire une demande au sous-ministre de
m’a transmis un article de T.J. Walker
l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire du
(http://amsci.org./amsci/articles/98artiCanada, et auprès de gestionnaires haut
cles/walker.html, American Scientist 1998,
placés, afin qu’ils envisagent la signature
Sept-Oct, pp 463-471) qui détaille comment
d’une Entente Canado-Américaine de Rede petites sociétés comme la nôtre peuvent
cherche et de Développement en Agriculpublier un journal électronique sur Interture qui permettrait le financement de la
net, le laisser en accès libre, et faire un
recherche en collaboration entre des
profit malgré tout.
Les articles
scientifiques des deux pays. Du côté
électroniques peuvent être téléchargés du
américain, l’American Phytopathological
net dans un format identique à celui utilisé
Society a accepté d’appuyer cette initiadans notre revue. Des photos en couleurs,
tive. Carol Windels, présidente de l’APS,
et même des séquences vidéo, peuvent
a envoyé une lettre identique au
être incluses sans coût supplémentaire.
Secrétaire à l’agriculture et à d’autres
Les bibliothèques sauveraient des millions
gestionnaires haut placés. Les États-Unis
juste en espace de rangement économisé.
et Israël ont une telle entente depuis plus
Les coûts de publication et d’hébergement
de vingt-cinq ans. Il y a un important
sont d’environ 3 $ par page. Si la Société
besoin pour un programme de recherche
conserve ses coûts par page à 45 $, un
visant à améliorer la recherche canadoimportant profit pourrait être réalisé. À
américaine sur des problèmes communs
45 $, nous perdons de l’argent en publiant
de phytopathologie. Pour qu’une telle ensur support de papier. Les revenus générés
tente soit signée, nous aurons besoin d’un
pourraient être investis à développer
lobby agressif qui ne pourra venir que
d’autres activités de la Société.
d’individus et de groupes de producteurs
Nous sommes sur le point d’améliorer les
ou de l’industrie. Si vous avez besoin d’une
communications électroniques avec nos
copie de cette lettre, demandez-la moi. Je
membres grâce à Vikram Bisht. À long
vais essayer de voir si je peux la mettre
terme, un service comme celui proposé
sur notre site web. Je vous demande de
permettra à la Société d’économiser de
transmettre cette lettre à toutes les
l’argent et rendra les communications plus
personnes impliquées et de leur demander
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 22
d’écrire une lettre d’appui au sous-ministre
ou à leur représentant au parlement. S’ils
sont sollicités par suffisamment de
personnes, nous avons une chance de faire
décoller ce programme. J’espère vous
rencontrer tous à Montréal où nous nous
réunirons avec l’APS pour la première fois
de la décennie. Tim Paulitz, le personnel
de l’APS et les membres des deux sociétés
ont travaillé dur pour nous présenter un
programme commun qui va améliorer les
échanges de connaissance entre les deux
côtés de la frontière. Une assemblée
pleinière avec un programme excitant a
été préparée. Cette année, nous aurons
la conférence Glenn Anderson, en
honneur du scientifique canadien qui, de
concert avec Norman Borlaugh, a apporté
de miraculeuses améliorations à la production alimentaire mondiale.
La
conférence sera présentée par le Dr Per
Pinstrup-Anderson, directeur général de
l’International Food Policy Research Institute. Installée à Washington D.C. et créée
en 1975, cette organisation dont le
financement est international vise à identifier et analyser les politiques destinées
à combler les besoins alimentaires des
pays en développement. Nous espérons
que vous allez apprécier et tirer grand profit
de cet événement et des autres
magnifiques activités prévues.
Committee (and Other) Reports
Je vous souhaite bon voyage.
One of the mandates of this Ad Hoc Committee is to “foster contacts between CPS and other
plant pathology societies.” Hence, contacts
were made with the Plant Pathology Society
in India through Professor A. Varma to discuss
possible liaison between scientists in these two
countries. It was decided to prepare short announcements for this purpose from both parties and publish them in the journal Indian
Phytopathology and in the CPS-SCP News. An
announcement to this effect is being prepared
and will soon be sent to Professor Varma for
publication. Professor Varma is also the VicePresident of the International Society of Plant
Pathology. Contacts were also established
with Professor Tang Wenhua of the Chinese
Society of Plant Pathology regarding collaborations between scientists from our two countries. Professor Wenhua has also expressed
interest in this area and I plan to pursue this
George Lazarovits
Local Arrangements Committee for the
2000 Meeting in Victoria, BC
Our committee has plans well in hand for
the Victoria meeting from June 18-21
when the Canadian Phytopathological Society will meet with the Pacific Division of
the American Phytopathological Society.
Our meeting will be held at the Victoria
Conference Centre in downtown Victoria
and arrangements have been made with
two nearby hotels for accommodation. Our
banquet will be held at Sooke and is sure
to include a salmon barbecue. Our next
task is to finalize the program. For future
details on registration, accommodation and
other matters, check out our website at:
www.uvcs.uvic.ca/conf/cps_aps/
Submitted by Jack Sutherland
London, ON 2001
Lethbridge, AB 2002
Ad Hoc Committee on International
Cooperation
It was not possible to meet as a full committee
this year. However, I am able to report on several interesting and promising developments
in the area of international cooperation.
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 23
further when I visit P.R. China later this year.
Dr. Lu Piening has an active collaborative research program in P.R. China and introduced
me to a scientist from Inner Mongolia. This
scientist has now applied for funding from the
China Scholarship Council, Beijing and if successful, may be able to come to Canada later
this year. CPS members with interest in research collaborations with scientists from P.R.
China may like to explore funding their visits
through this agency. In fact, I have presently
a scientist from P.R. China sponsored through
this agency working in my group for one year.
In the very near future, I will be visiting the
Czech University of Agriculture in Prague,
Czech Republic. The Faculty of Agriculture,
Forestry, and Home Economics, University of
Alberta has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with this University in Prague and
during my visit there I will explore areas of
cooperation with their Plant Pathology Society.
Another mandate of this committee is “promoting exchanges of scientists and students.”
Funds for such activities from international
sources have been shrinking fast for several
years. There is a need to discuss alternative
strategies to overcome this funding shortage
for this very worthwhile activity. As a result of
the Free Trade Agreements with some Latin
American countries and more perhaps to follow, this part of the world is fast becoming a
focus of activity and deserves the attention of
our Society. Being Chair of our Faculty’s International Programs Committee and especially focusing on Latin America, I have been
able to establish close contacts with many
plant pathologists in that region. I am inviting anyone in the CPS with interest in developing contacts in that region to get in touch
with me for further details.
Dr. Jalpa P. Tewari, Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2P5
Tel.: (780) 492-4554 (office)
(780) 435-4346 (home)
FAX: (780) 492-4265
E-mail:
[email protected]
Please note the change in my area code.
Information Products Marketing
This relatively new committee has met by
conference call since the inaugural meeting in Fredericton last June.
There are two major issues that the committee is currently dealing with. The first
is how to best publish and market any of
the information products that the CPS now
has or will produce in the future. At present
this is all done on a volunteer basis with
the exception of the book Diseases and Pests
of Vegetable Crops in Canada, which is handled by the Canadian Entomological Society. A subcommittee, under the direction
of Marilyn Dykstra (Lab Services Division,
University of Guelph) is looking at alternative means of publishing, marketing
and/or distributing these products.
A second major issue, closely tied to the
first, is the development of an Intellectual
Property Policy for the CPS. Bruce Gossen
(AAFC, Saskatoon) is chairing the subcommittee that will draft a policy for presentation to the Board.
Another general topic that the committee
will look at on an ongoing basis is the demand and potential for future projects such
as slide sets, or CD-ROMs of existing publications or new material. Any suggestions or volunteers to work on a new project
will be warmly welcomed.
In the meantime, marketing and sales continue. A poster advertising all of the CPS
publications was on display at the International Congress of Plant Pathology in
Edinburgh last year and also found its way
to some international meetings held in the
United States. Karen Bailey (AAFC,
Saskatoon) reports that Diseases of Field
Crops in Canada continues to sell briskly
thanks, in part, to a dedicated sales team
of CPS members in the west. As of January 1999, there were 1469 soft cover English copies of Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada remaining and 712
French language copies. There were 132
copies of the English language version sold
in the past year. Another aim of this committee is to sell the remaining copies of
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 24
the first printing quickly, to relieve the financial stress on the CPS and on the copublisher, the ESC.
The CPS publications Diseases of Field
Crops in Canada and Diseases and Pests
of Vegetable Crops in Canada will be on
sale at the CPS booth at the joint CPS/
APS Meetings in Montreal.
(1999) of research abstracts of the 1999
annual meeting, minor changes to some
graphic elements, and new pages for CPS
committees. The continued support of
Bruce Bowman and AAFC in maintaining
this site is gratefully acknowledged. CPS
members who want to comment on the site
or who have specific suggestions for the
site may email me at:
Submitted by:
Mary Ruth McDonald, Chair
[email protected]
Diseases of Field Crops in Canada
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology
Book sales of Diseases of Field Crops in
Canada have been relatively high for a
number of years as interest in plant diseases has increased. For the period of
January 1 to December 31, the number of
books shipped from the MOM Printing warehouse have been as follows: 494 books in
1994, 1097 books in 1995, 1195 books in
1996, 1019 in 1997, and 1744 in 1998. The
large increase in sales in 1998 was due to
a one-time order of 1240 books by a single
company. Since the start of 1999 (January 1 to April 30, there have been 160 books
shipped from the stock. My projection for
sales for 1999 is down to 600-800 books.
We have 2935 books left in the inventory.
Volume 20 (1998) was printed as four issues with a total of 445 pages plus 20 pages
of index and other information to authors.
Three issues contained articles dealing
with a general mix of pathological articles,
while the December issue contained papers from the Third International Workshop on Tan Spot of Wheat, held in 1997.
The volume carried 58 articles including
symposium and workshop papers. The
manuscripts were mainly from Canada
(41), USA (11) and one each from Australia,
Brazil, the Czech Republic, India, Israel
and the Netherlands. Abstracts from the
regional meetings held in Alberta (6), British Columbia (25), Manitoba (6), Western
Ontario (10) and of the annual meetings
held in 1997 in Winnipeg (63 abstracts)
and in 1998 in Fredericton (46 abstracts)
were published during the year. The editorial staff processed 75 manuscripts during the year including symposia and workshop papers, of which 60 were accepted
and 6 rejected or withdrawn, and 11 were
being revised when this report was prepared. The volume 20 (4) was distributed
in Canada (356), USA (177) and 31 other
countries (167) for a total 700. The year
1998 was significant in that the Journal
Improvement Committee and the CPS
Board approved the change of publisher
from M.O.M. printing to NRC Press. It is
hoped that under the professional management of NRC Press, CJPP publication
would be timely and rapid.
Respectfully submitted by,
K.L. Bailey
CPS Website Report
http://res.agr.ca/lond/pmrc/cps/
cpshome.html
The purposes of the CPS website are to
provide information to members in a timely
manner and to assist in promoting the Society to the public at large. The website
resides on server space provided by the
Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre of AAFC. Web usage statistics collected during Jan-May 1999 show
that the CPS home page receives an average of 85 hits per week; the “jobs available” page receives about 44 hits per week.
Revisions to the website over the past year
have included the addition in mid-April
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 25
The Editor-in-Chief was assisted by Technical Editor Lloyd Seaman, Copy Editor
Connie Bowerman, Journal Accounts Manager Bob Hall, nine Section Editors, Les
Traductions PaRi (abstract translations),
reviewers of manuscripts and Andrea
Dilworth (Editorial Assistant). The Editorin-Chief would like to thank these hard
working people, the authors who supported
the journal by submitting manuscripts, and
the sustaining associates.
Submitted by
Rudra P. Singh, Editor-in-chief, CJPP
CPS-SCP News
Prior to the 1998 AGM in Fredericton, the
CPS Board, much to my delight, increased
the budget allocation for the newsletter
by 25%. That welcome infusion allowed
me to obtain a cable internet connection
and a dedicated email address for correspondence pertaining to my desktop publication (>90% of the items in the newsletter arrive by email). Another change that
should be evident to readers of the last
two issues is “direct from zip-disk to
printer” production which makes for vastly
improved photo reproduction. I urge all
submitters and correspondents to consider
how much better their items would appear
with an appropriate picture or graphic. We
have also made a financial agreement with
PaRi for continued translation of the President’s Message. Si vous desirez utiliser
le services de traduction pour vos documents (submissions), we should be able to
foot the bill.
The cost of production for the last four issues (June, Sept. and Dec. ‘98, and March
‘99) amounted to $4,452.44.
One improvement that I plan to adopt before we meet in Montreal is the conversion of the CPS-SCP News to a format that
Rick Reeleder can post on the CPS
website. PDF may be the route for the
near future – html at some later point.
Submitted by
David Kaminski, Editor
CPS-SCP News
CPS Regional Reports
British Columbia
The 1998 annual meeting of the B.C. Regional Group was held in Abbotsford on
October 22 and 23 and was organized by
the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
A complete report on this regional meeting can be found in the December 1998
issue of CPS-SCP News. The next meeting
will be organized by the Pacific Agri-Food
Research Centre of Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Summerland, and will start
the afternoon of October 19th, following
immediately the 1999 Western Forum in
Penticton. Guus Bakkeren is the contact
person ([email protected]) for this
meeting. Victoria, B.C., will be hosting the
year 2000 joint meeting of the Canadian
Phytopathological Society and the Pacific
Division of The American Phytopathological Society from June 18 to 21. Please
check the web page: www.uvcs.uvic.ca/
conf/cps_aps/ and help the organizers by
filling out the “Level of Interest Survey.”
Submitted by
C. André Lévesque, B.C. rep 1997/99.
Western Ontario
The annual meeting of the Western Ontario division of CPS was held at the Southern Crop Protection and Food Research
Centre (SCPFRC)(AAFC) in London, Ontario, on May 7, 1999 (3-8 pm). The theme
of this year’s meeting, attended by 63 scientists from various universities and research centres throughout the region, was
molecular plant-microbe interactions.
Regional chair Dr. Diane Cuppels and CPS
President, Dr. George Lazarovits welcomed
attendees. The two invited speakers were
Dr. Sheng Yang He (‘Molecular Biology of
Plant – Pseudomonas syringae Interactions’), Plant Pathology Department, Michigan State University, and Dr. Verna
Higgins (‘Leaf Mould of Tomato: Sixty-Five
Years as a Model System’), Botany Department, University of Toronto. Immediately
following these two very interesting talks,
Dr. Blair MacNeill (Emeritus, University
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 26
of Guelph) gave a moving tribute to the
recently deceased Dr. Wilbert McKeen.
At the short business meeting preceding
the buffet supper, attention was drawn to
the CPS display table (prepared by Mario
Tenuta) which included CPS books, the
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, the
most recent Plant Disease Survey and
membership brochures. Students who
presently are not CPS members were encouraged to take home one of the brochures. Western Ontario CPS members
were reminded that CPS national meeting will be held in London in the year 2001
and that the local organizing committee is
in need of volunteers to help prepare for
this event. The new regional rep for Western Ontario is Dr. Annette Nassuth; next
year’s meeting will be held at the University of Guelph.
Sincere appreciation goes to all those who
helped us prepare for this meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Cuppels, Western Ontario Representative
Membership Secretary’s Report
In 1999, twenty-five new people joined CPS as
individual members. Geographical distribution
was as follows: Ontario - 9, Manitoba - 6, British
Columbia - 4, Saskatchewan - 2, Alberta - 2, Quebec - 1, Uruguay - 1.
Dr. ABBASI, Pervaiz A. (Ontario)
BAKKEREN, Guus (British Columbia)
Dr. DE LA BASTIDE, Paul Y. (British Columbia)
DEWDNEY, Megan (Quebec)
DOWNING-ARYEETEY, Joanne (Saskatchewan)
FOULDS, Inge Viia (Ontario)
GAMBA, Fernanda M. (Uruguay)
JURKEMIKOVA, Claudie (British Columbia)
KERS, Johan (Ontario)
LIU, Yiqiang (Manitoba)
MADARIAGA, Alfredo (Ontario)
Dr. MARTIN, Philip M.D. (Ontario)
Dr. McCALLUM, Brent (Manitoba)
Dr. MCLAREN, Debbie (Manitoba)
MELLERSH, Denny Graham (Ontario)
Dr. MILLER, S. Shea (Ontario)
Dr. MPOFU, Simangaliphi I. (Manitoba)
OVERY, David (Ontario)
PRADHAN, Manika (Manitoba)
TURNBULL, Gary (Manitoba)
TURNBULL, George (Alberta)
Dr. UZUNOVIC, Adnan (British Columbia)
WANG, Heping (Alberta)
WEST, L. Jeanine A. (Ontario)
ZHU, Bin (Saskatchewan)
Sustaining Associate Members
Nineteen companies have become sustaining
associate members; those in bold are new in 1999.
AGDIA INC. - Attn: Baziel Vrient
AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATION SERVICES
INC. - Attn: Dr. Mathuresh Singh
AGREVO CANADA INC. - Attn: D. Trottier
AG-QUEST INC. - Attn: Dr. Vikram Bisht
AG-WEST BIOTECH INC. - Attn: Mr. Peter
McCann
BAYER INC. - Attn: Dr. V. M. Sorensen
CYANAMID CROP PROTECTION - Attn: Ron S.
Pidskalny
DOW AGROSCIENCES CANADA INC. - Attn: Dr.
Peter Desai / Brenda Harris
DUPONT CANADA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Attn: Dr. Brenda Walsh
GRIFFIN L.L.C. - Attn: Dr. Bond McInnes
PHILOM BIOS INC. - Attn: Dr. Mary Leggett
PHYTO DIAGNOSTICS CO. LTD. - Attn: Peter J.
Ellis
PIONEER HI-BRED PRODUCTION LIMITED - Attn:
Igor Falak
PLANT PRODUCTS CO. LTD. - Attn: Jennifer Hale
ROHM AND HAAS CANADA INC. - Attn: A. G.
McFadden
ROY LEGUMEX INC. - Attn: Mr. Florent Beaudette
SVALOF WEIBULL SEED LTD. - Attn: Dr. Howard
K. Love
UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS - Attn: Irwin Schmidt
ZENECA AGRO - Attn: Brad Smith
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 27
Employment & Scholarships
If interested, please contact:
MSc Graduate Assistantships (2 positions):
Dr. Paul Goodwin
Department of Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Available September, 1999. University of
Manitoba, Department of Plant Science.
n
We are seeking a highly qualified and
motivated individual to conduct research
on the blackleg disease of canola. The
project will involve field and lab work, to
understand the distribution and population biology of the fungus including the
genetic characterization of isolates using
molecular tools. Students interested in
plant pathology/molecular biology/microbiology are encouraged to apply.
n
Graduate research assistantship to
examine the epidemiology and population
dynamics of the blackleg fungus of canola,
in relation to environmental conditions and
cropping practices in the prairies. Students interested in plant pathology/
agronomy/agroecology or related fields are
encouraged to apply.
Send resume to Dr. Dilantha Fernando,
Deptartment of Plant Science, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
E-mail: [email protected]
Graduate Studies in Molecular Biology
Exciting opportunities are available for
graduate studies on genes involved in the
interaction between plants and microbial
plant pathogens. Funding is available
through the NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship Program. Students must
have an A- or better average and some
undergraduate course work in molecular
biology. Research will be conducted at both
the University of Guelph and a research
laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
laboratory in Copenhagen is Englishspeaking and no foreign language skills
are required. For more information about
the cooperating institution, please check
www.crc.dk/phys. The stipend is $19,300
per year. Over 80% of the students applying for this type of award are successful.
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
(519) 824-4120 Ext. 2754
(519) 837-0442
[email protected]
People
Simangaliphi I. Mpofu (Sima) recently
completed her Ph.D. at the University of
Guelph under the supervision of Robert
Hall. The thesis title was “Population biology and management of Verticillium
dahliae in potato fields in Ontario.” Sima
currently holds a Canadian Laboratories
Visiting Fellowship at AAFC, Morden Research Centre in Manitoba. She is working on Fusarium wilt of flax in collaboration with Khalid Rashid.
Contact the Editor
E-mail:
phone:
FAX:
[email protected]
(306) 934-1088
(306) 652-2708
702 Lansdowne Ave.
Saskatoon, SK S7N 1E5
I am more than a little disappointed that no one took me
up on my offer to print their favorite mispronunciations of
plant diseases and causal organisms. Could it be that no
one reads this tiny corner of the newsletter? Sigh. It
wouldn’t be the first time that all the angst I pour into
regurgitating other people’s words is all for naught.
I choose to look on the bright side though and imagine that
there is ONE person out there who finds and enjoys these
ramblings. We had a summer solstice party here the
other night (45 people including about 30 children, aged 1
to 13) for no other reason than to celebrate the longest day
of the year. There were two ripping thunderstorms but
this did not undermine our enjoyment of food, drink,
comraderie and the hit of the night - “glow sticks.” I did
notice that most of the neighborhood was in bed, light out,
before 10 (week night and all) but . . . their loss. Here’s to
life!
Ed.
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 28
Coming Events
The annual meeting of the Canadian Forum for Biological Control will be held in
Saskatoon on Thursday, September 30,
1999. This meeting is to follow the Entomological Society of Canada conference.
A symposium on the topic of “Mass-production, Fermentation and Delivery” has been
organized and the list of speakers is being
finalized. Also, a tour of the Saskatchewan Research Council Fermentation Pilot Plant has been planned. A scientific
program in the form of posters is also being coordinated.
For those wishing to attend and bring posters, submission of a title and authors will be
required by August 31, 1999 in order to arrange for sufficient poster boards. Those
who wish to participate in the tour of the
fermentation pilot plant should notify Sue
Boyetchko of your intent to facilitate coordination of the tour.
For more information, please contact:
Susan Boyetchko
Saskatoon Research Centre
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2
Phone: (306) 956-7619
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: [email protected]
The Plant Pathology Society of Alberta
is holding its 20th annual meeting in Jasper on November 8-10, 1999. The meeting
will be held at the beautiful Sawridge Hotel starting with a wine and cheese reception on Monday evening. The world-renowned naturalist and author of Handbook
of the Canadian Rockies, Ben Gadd will
be the guest speaker at the banquet on
Tuesday evening. Bring your copy for an
autograph or this is your opportunity to
acquire this excellent book. More information regarding details of the meeting and
a call for papers and posters will be sent
out to members in the few weeks.
For more information contact:
Lorraine Harrison
President, PPSA
Phone: (780) 354-5153
E-mail: [email protected]
Tom Staples
Registration Committee member
Phone: (780) 837-2211
E-mail: [email protected]
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 29
Dutch Elm Disease in Alberta
Janet Feddes-Calpas
AAFRD DED Program Coordinator
The lab analysis of a sample taken from a dying elm tree in Wainwright, Alberta on June
25, 1998 has confirmed that the Dutch elm
disease fungus Ophiostoma nova-ulmi was the
cause of its demise. An employee of STOPDED
reported the tree while completing the elm
inventory in Wainwright. The culture was
inspected by Dr. Tewari at the U of A, and confirmed on March 31, 1999 by Professor Clive
Brasier at the Forestry Authority Research Station, U.K. Professor Brasier was the one who
first described the new virulent strain of Dutch
elm disease, O. nova- ulmi.
DED is a deadly fungus that can affect any elm
tree. Two beetle vectors, the smaller European
elm bark beetle (SEEBB) and the native elm
bark beetle (NEBB), primarily spread the disease from one elm tree to another. Since the
introduction of the disease from Europe in
1930, it has destroyed millions of American
elm trees across North America. DED is prevalent in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Montana.
The infected tree was removed and burned at
the Wainwright dump on July 28, 1998. The
tree was treated as having DED although the
results were not final at that time. Addition
pheromone traps were placed throughout the
municipality but no beetles were found. It is
still unknown which vector was present. All
the remaining elm trees were surveyed for DED
on three separate occasions but no other samples tested positive for DED. It is believed that
firewood brought into the province from a DEDinfested area was the source of the infection.
This season monitoring for the beetles, surveillance of the elm trees and public awareness in Wainwright and the surrounding area
will be increased. The town of Wainwright
parks department is in the process of removing all the old dead elm trees that were identified in the elm inventory. Pruning of the
dead wood in the healthy elms will be done
between October 1,1999 - March 31, 2000. It
is not recommended to prune elms between
April 1 and September 30 when the beetles
are active and would be attracted to pruning
wounds.
The Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease
(STOPDED) along with AAFRD has made a
commitment to keep Alberta’s elms free of the
disease. In March of 1997, STOPDED received
a Human Resources Development Canada
(HRDC) Transitional Job Fund grant of 1.37
million dollars. These funds were match by
the larger municipalities and AAFRD and
within the last two years, approximately 2.8
million dollars have been spent on the Province-Wide DED Prevention Program. This program includes several components: elm inventory, public awareness, firewood control,
tree sanitation (removal of dead wood), beetle
monitoring and surveillance for the disease.
March 31,1999, STOPDED completed an elm
inventory in every Alberta municipality. It is
now known that a total of 205,000 elms valued at $500 million grow in Alberta urban
areas. The condition and size of each elm tree
were recorded. This information identifies
areas where more intensive surveillance is
necessary due to the number and/or condition of the elm trees. A complete elm inventory supplies the basic information necessary
for an effective prevention program should
DED appear in Alberta. AAFRD oversaw the
design of a user-friendly computerized elm
tree inventory program, which will allow each
community to use the data as a management
tool for the care of its elms. Along with a CDROM or hard copy of the inventory data, each
community will receive recommendations on
how to set up their own DED prevention program.
Municipal plantings of elms range from 1050% of the overall tree plantings. Alberta cannot afford to lose a resource that provides so
many environmental benefits. In Alberta landscaping, there is a very limited choice of trees,
none of which approach the aesthetic beauty
or suitability of the elm. Without an ongoing
continuous prevention program the entire
population of elms in a community can easily
be lost within a few short years. Alberta is
still DED free.
For more information on Dutch elm disease
or the DED prevention program call the Provincial hotline by dialling 310-0000 (toll free
within Alberta) and ask for 362-1300.
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The following article is the first in a series solicited by Jim Menzies, associate
editor of CPS-SCP News. The intent of the
solicitation was to give ‘managers’ of plant
pathologists a forum to express their views
on the future role of plant pathology. In
this instance, managers refers to people
who influence the decision making processes which ultimately determines the
scope and nature of the work conducted
by plant pathologists. The influence may
be direct, as supervisors, or indirect,
through consultations with plant pathologists and their supervisors. Requests for
submissions were made mostly to those
working within Canada, but some requests
were also tendered to people outside of
Canada. They were given the freedom to
discuss the issues that they felt were important, or with which they felt comfortable. They were also encouraged to give
us their own opinions rather the policies
of the organization they worked for, addressing the issues from as broad or as
narrow a perspective as they wished. We
appreciate their efforts and encourage you
readers to use these articles as food for
thought.
‘Joined-up’ Plant Health
The experience of teaching sometimes
obliges the teacher to step back from the
detail of everyday occupations and take a
longer look. ‘Getting back to basics’ can
be stimulating but at the same time rather
daunting. It is this experience which periodically prompts me to re-examine the
strategies by which plants are kept in good
health. The fact that the term ‘plant
health’ traditionally has a statutory connotation and conversely, ‘plant protection’
implies use of agro-chemicals, gives cause
for thought as to how ‘joined up’ is our approach to the problem of combating pests
and diseases. Ideally, to counter the threat
they pose to the world’s plant population,
whether crops, amenity subjects or wild
plants, a co-ordinated or ‘joined up’ approach is essential. International strategies based on agreements which take account of the science of plant health are a
vital first base. However, such agreements
achieved on the basis of advice from a ‘plant
health’ perspective must be recognised and
supported by both the extension pathologist and the researcher. An assembly of
the participants for planning the battle
might see the plant health practitioner
with the legislation to hand and an inspector close by, the extension pathologist
with his muddy boots and pest disease
guide and the research scientist, stereo
typically with an unworldly appearance and
probably looking under a stone to see what
is there! In a general sense, of necessity,
the efforts of these representative scientists are combined, but it is interesting to
speculate to what extent this ‘war’ against
pests and diseases might be won more effectively if there was greater interaction.
In discussing the general concept of maintaining healthy plants in a teaching context, the first hurdle is often to reassert
the value of strategies such as avoidance,
eradication or containment. The concepts
of legal empowerment, of international
consultation and agreement and pursuance of common standards seem however,
to get lost under the false impression of
dusty legal approaches and political constraint. The use of pesticides still appears
to be the more popular choice, even when
(or perhaps sometimes because) the opportunity for their deployment is constrained by modern environmental concerns. Perhaps more popular these days
is to envisage the universal solution to be
plants rendered unassailable by geneticmodification. This narrow vision may not
be wholly confined to undergraduate students and may in part be the consequence
of many different influences.
The concept of ‘joined-up’ plant health is
perhaps most achievable on a regional,
national or international scale, although
its consequences have relevance at the
lowest level. It is however, this requirement to ‘fit the bigger picture’ which contrarily imposes limits on the execution of
the co-operation which is desirable. The
quest for ‘joined-up’ plant health is often
constrained by a number of factors, none
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 31
of which are related to the scientific concepts involved. Political concerns inevitably alter the perception of the plant health
scientist who will be expected to balance
risks in the context of the majority or the
national or international crop community,
to the probable detriment of the individual
or small group. This approach is anathema to the extension pathologist. By contrast a ‘commercial’ approach where overall profit may modify the strategy for plant
health is not difficult to postulate and this
is particularly evident where ownership
and exploitation of intellectual property
may be a factor. Such considerations have
immediate relevance to the researcher,
not simply in terms of the practical value
of the research but also of its publication
and wider access to the rest of the scientific community.
Increasingly as scientific establishments are ‘tipped-out’ of the
government funding pool and forced to seek
funding competitively, the freedom of information and the propensity to interact
becomes more and more limited.
All these difficulties are set against a tide
of increase in the size of the job to be done.
The increasing volume of world and regional trade, its speed and diversity brings
an increasing number of new plants and
new pests to threaten them. Crop plants
are more regularly grown in unfamiliar
environments, made to develop earlier or
bigger or by genetic modification to develop
new traits. All these provide an opportunity for novel pest invasion. The range of
plant genera that can be called crops increases steadily but at the same time the
nature of plants which merit protection or
concern is extending. Amenity and wild
plants are of increasing relevance. Thus
there is ever greater need for all the available strategies for the pursuance of plant
health to be available for use. More than
ever before there is a need for ‘joined-up’
plant health.
Having cited political involvement as a potential constraint, it must be recognised
that some international political events
have effectively encouraged ‘joined-up’
plant health. The World Trade Organisa-
tion Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement has proved highly effective in concentrating attention on pest and disease
studies by ensuring that pest risk assessment provides the basis for justifying restraints in trade. Such risk assessment
demands that full account be taken of relevant pests and diseases in terms of their
occurrence and potential impact in the
importing country. Thus the plant health
specialist must interact with the extension practitioner and the researcher.
From a European perspective there is
greater pressure to encourage interaction
of scientists from each of the exemplified
sectors to collaborate to provide holistic
solutions. Such integration is again easier
to envisage on a multi-national scale than
with smaller communities. Similarly beneficial in this context is the activity of the
so-called Regional Plant Protection Organisations such as the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation
and it’s North American counterpart.
These and similar groupings have provided
for an integrated discussion and development of strategies for plant health for many
years. Whilst again, inevitably working
from the international perspective, these
organisations have developed solutions to
plant health problems which extend beyond the limits of international trade and
involve cure as well as avoidance.
In practice, the component scientists necessary to contribute to a ‘joined-up’ plant
health strategy often work in different establishments. Research institutes, quarantine stations, extension organisations
rarely exist side-by-side. The ideal of
‘joined-up’ plant health is perhaps therefore unachievable. However, perhaps one
may hope that as distances and differences
are reduced by the ever increasing ease
of communication and the facility to share
information electronically around the
world, this physical constraint may be overcome. Whilst endeavouring to enthuse
students with the thrills of avoidance
through statutory controls may remain an
uphill struggle, it may be that increasing
exposure to world plant health concerns
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 32
through modern communications may
gradually engender a realisation of the
importance of the holistic approach of
‘joined up’ plant health.
The Central Science Laboratory houses the
Plant Health Group which traditionally
advises the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) of England and
Wales on matters of Plant Health. As a
consequence, many of its staff have a plant
health perspective and consultancy in support of legislative controls for the UK and
the European Union is a significant responsibility. Equally supportive within the
Group are those involved with the laboratory support for the Plant Health and Seeds
Inspectors who monitor and enforce the
legislative control of plant pests and diseases. In recent years the Group has engendered a significant research programme with staff expertise geared specifically to advise consultants and diagnosticians in their support for MAFF. As a
consequence there is increasing in-house
research expertise in aspects of pest biology and in diagnostic techniques. Recent
political pressure has encouraged efforts
to seek alternative funding to reduce reliance on government. This has had the
effect of stimulating greater involvement
with commercial interests both inside the
country and in Europe and further afield.
Research focus has widened to encompass
industry needs and the requirement to
transfer technology effectively to the enduser. Thus from a traditional base of statutory scientific support the Group has grown
to espouse research and extension interests. Interaction between the staff within
the Group, stimulated by the ever present
need to win financial support, engenders
a ‘joined-up’ plant health approach. Researchers take advice on profitable topics
for financial prospecting from those involved in statutory advice, the diagnosticians and those providing services and solutions to industry. The diagnosticians
benefit from a research base and communicate effectively with those advising on
statutory aspects of avoidance and control.
Statutory controls can be integrated with
those driven more directly by commercial
concerns.
Thus it seems possible to achieve a partly
integrated approach to plant health on a
limited scale, but the problem, if such it
is, becomes greater on a larger scale. Interaction between scientists, particularly
within a country seems likely to be made
more difficult by the ever more common
pressure to compete for limited funding.
The increasingly imposed reliance on commercial sources of funding seems likely to
encourage insularity and introspection. It
is to be hoped that the counter pressure
of our increased ability to communicate
and share information worldwide will restrain this tendency. If it is to be successful in the battle against pests and diseases the world needs ‘joined-up’ plant
health.
Prof. Stephen Hill
Head of Plant Health Group
Central Science Laboratory
Sand Hutton
York
YO41 1LZ
England
Books Available
Attention Readers:
I wish to donate six Russian texts (3
mycological, 1 virological, 1 horticultural
[potato]) and an illustrated Hungarian textbook on tree fruit diseases to any plant
pathologist who is willing to pay the postage charges. The three mycological texts
(volumes 1-3 of a series) appear to deal
with diseases of cereal grains, field crops
and fruit crops, respectively, and contain
black and white drawings; each text contains about 200 pages. They were published
in Kiev from 1989-1991. The virological text
is a treatise on virological investigations
in the far east of Russia; it is subdivided
into two sections, viruses and virus diseases of man and animals, and viruses
and virus diseases of plants. It was published in 1969. The horticultural text is
entitled “The Best Varieties of Potatoes”
and was written by Zaicev, Maksimova and
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 33
Chernikova (1975, Moscow). It describes
over 100 cultivars, each of which is beautifully illustrated by color paintings of flowers, leaves and tubers. I also have a book
written by Douglas R. Knott (The Wheat
Rusts - Breeding for Resistance, 1989)
published as No. 12 in the Monographs on
Theoretical and Applied Genetics.
Dick Hamilton
4771 Foxglove Crescent
Richmond, BC V7C 2K4
CANADA
Phone: (604) 277-3774
FAX: (604) 277-1264
E-mail: [email protected]
CPS Pins Available
Are you looking for the official CPS pins?
If you are, Jim Menzies is now the “Keeper
of the Pins.” Andy Tekauz has handed the
pins over to Jim after years of keeping track
of them. Andy’s service in this regard has
certainly been appreciated. If you need a
pin, or are interested in having them on
sale at a meeting you will be attending,
you can contact Jim Menzies at the Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3P 2G8
Phone: (204) 983-5714
Fax: (204) 983-4604
E-mail: [email protected].
Did you know what the CPS logo symbolizes? I thought I did, but after talking to
Dr. Lloyd Seaman, it became apparent that
I did not. The following is a brief history of
the CPS logo and its symbolism.
The logo was chosen by a committee
chaired by Dr. Ralph Estay during the midto late 1970’s (before the first edition of
the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology). Dr.
Estay and Art Skolko (at the time, the coordinator for plant pathology for Research
Branch, Agriculture Canada) chose the
winning design from dozens of candidate
designs. The designer of the winning entry was Carl Halchuk, the chief graphic
artist for Research Branch in Ottawa. The
design represents a green healthy leaf (in
the background) supporting mankind, as
symbolized by the hand. The hand (mankind as plant pathologists) supports a leaf,
the upper half being injured or diseased
and the lower half being healthy. The logo
symbolizes the interdependence of mankind with plants, indicating the role of
plant pathology in supporting plant health.
The green and gold colours also represent
the symptoms or appearance of the healthy
and unhealthy conditions. Mr. Halchuk
also designed the original cover of the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology.
I thank Lloyd for providing me with this
information. If anyone else knows a little
more about the history or symbolism of the
logo or any other matter pertaining to CPS,
I would be happy to receive it and pass it
on to the readers of the newsletter.
Jim Menzies, Associate Editor
CPS-SCP News 43 (2) - 34
Montréal 1999
The 1999 annual meeting of CPS will be held jointly with the American Phytopathological Society in Montréal Aug. 7-11 at the Palais des Congrès. The theme is “Plant Health:
Meeting the Challenges.” We are expecting an attendance of 1700 members. There
will be 546 poster presentations and 158 oral presentations. CPS members submitted
fifty-eight abstracts. Registration materials should have been sent to all members, and
information is available on the CPS web site and the APS site (www.scisoc.org). Many
events are planned, including workshops, tours, discussion sessions, receptions, breakfast, awards ceremonies, and university socials. Over 40 technical sessions are planned.
CPS will also have a booth to advertise and sell books in the exhibition area.
CPS will be co-sponsoring six symposia, organized by the CPS Program Chair Zamir
Punja and the APS Program Chair Neal Van Alfen. These are:
“Moving plant disease detection from the ivory towers to the real world”
“Bridging scales in disease concepts for managing Canadian/American forests of
the 21st century”
“Molecular techniques in ecological studies of soil microbial communities”
“Application of biotechnology to biocontrol of weeds”
“Harmonization of pesticide registration in the U.S. and Canada” and
“Understanding fusarium scab to develop disease control strategies”
The Outgoing Board meeting will be held on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 9am to 5pm. The
AGM for CPS will be held on Tues., Aug. 10 at 5:30pm at the McGill Faculty Club. The
banquet will follow at 7:30pm. Banquet tickets are available through the APS registration. The Incoming Board will meet on Wed., Aug. 11 from 1-5pm.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Timothy C. Paulitz
Deptartment of Plant Science
Macdonald Campus of McGill University
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9
Phone: (514) 398-7851 Ext. 7855
FAX: (514) 398-7897
E-mail: [email protected]
Bring your copy of this issue to the
1999 Annual General Meeting
***Important Reminder***
The Annual General Meeting and Banquet
of CPS will be held on Tues., Aug. 10 at the
McGill Faculty Club. Tickets for the banquet
are $35 CDN or $23 US, and can be purchased through the APS registration package. The main course will be breast of
chicken – California style with sun-dried
tomatoes/peppers and fresh coriander. Vegetarian lasagna is also available – please
contact Tim Paulitz if you prefer the vegetarian dinner. Please purchase banquet tickets
before the meeting, since we need exact numbers by Aug. 5. Information about the meeting, programs and abstracts are available on
the APS website – www.scisoc.org, and at
the CPS website. For additional information,
contact Tim Paulitz, Local Arrangements
Chair.